El Siglo reports the Dominican government has granted conditional permission to a group of Haitian ex-soldiers and police officers to stay in this country. The men were involved in a failed coup against the Jean Bertrand Aristide government, including an attack on the Academy of Cadets and the Port-au-Prince police headquarters on July 28. Their stay in the DR is conditional upon them abstaining from political activities and from promoting acts against the Haitian government. Dominican Chancellor Hugo Tolentino Dipp told El Siglo that the Haitian government is aware of the DR’s decision to give the men sanctuary here. At least ten people died in the attack launched by the Haitian soldiers in July. The men escaped police by crossing the border into the DR and asking for the protection of the Armed Forces.
